Sebastian Coe's bid to become president of the International Olympic Committee has ended in defeat, with Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe winning the vote. Coe, 68, had said occupying the Olympic ...

PYLOS, Greece–Kirsty Coventry smashed through the International Olympic Committee’s glass ceiling on Thursday to become the organization’s first female and first African president in its 130 ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Two brothers were arrested and appeared in a Zimbabwe court Friday accused of an armed robbery at the home of new International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry's ...

Zimbabwe's Christy Coventry made history as the first woman and the first person from Africa to chair the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The 41-year-old won 49 out of the possible 97 ...

The items stolen included jewelry, firearms and some of ex-Zimbabwe Olympic swimmer Coventry's souvenirs from her career, as well as $15,000 in cash. Recommended Videos Police and prosecutors did ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australia’s Olympic bosses say Kirsty Coventry’s ascension to IOC president is a watershed moment, but her election leaves a ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece - Kirsty Coventry became the first woman and first African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee on March 20, saying it was an “extraordinary ...

"Everything's scary. Embrace that. You have to fail," Coventry told the swimming team at her American alma mater Auburn University last year. "I've learned the best lessons by failing, and I have ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece – Two decades after winning her first Olympic gold in Greece, Kirsty Coventry was victorious again in the Mediterranean country as she was elected as the International ...

It was a win as resounding as it was historic - Kirsty Coventry becoming the first African and the first woman to assume the most powerful and prestigious role in sport. The double Olympic ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has had an eventful career, from the pool, to parliament. The country's former dictator, Robert Mugabe, called her "a golden ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job ...